Family Diaperoeciidae Canu 1918 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diaperoeciidae

Parent taxon: Tubuliporina according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015

See also Bassler 1953, Kiessling 2004, Lee et al. 1997 and Schmidt 2003

Sister taxa: Cinctiporidae, Diastoporidae, Discocytis, Eleidae, Entalophoridae, Filisparsidae, Frondiporidae, Hastingsiidae, Mecynoeciidae, Multisparsidae, Oncousoeciidae, Plagioeciidae, Semiceidae, Serietubigera, Stomatoporidae, Telopora, Terviidae, Tubuliporidae

Subtaxa: Crisulipora Desmediaperoecia Diaperoecia Diplosolen Entalophoroecia Harmelinopora Lekythionia Nevianipora Stigmatoechos Ybselosoecia

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Type: Diaperoecia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), United States (2: California)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Greece (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), the Czech Republic (11), Egypt (1), Hungary (1), India (2), Morocco (2), Romania (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of United States (6: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Eocene of New Zealand (3), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Germany (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 41 collections including 60 occurrences

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